Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser., 1887-02-18
A Good Enough Country.

Every now and then we hear of Marylandsrs
who, becoming ss,tsti d with the outlook in
their own Stale, start westward with roseats
hopes of making fortune Every spring for
some years there has been quite ii formidable
exodus from the western coun1es vi N MrylAnd
aud also from southern Pennsyl ania, out this
year, We are told, the mogement ill probably
be of mlch smal er pr poj tolS than hereto
fore. Western bi u ,ris. cyclones, droughts,
floods, CRASH oppers. aui the prstracted cold
of the winters have had The ef ct OF checking
the western fever To n very mu ed effect aud
persons who are thinking OF migr,tily have
been induced 10 con, ,lier N q iestinn whether
the possible b II hts II bo derived from the ex
ch tn5e are at all co II nenSur tle with IN evil 8
which they viii almost crrttlnl, encounter ia
the far West In the san $ dispatches ye-ter-
day, tor example, 1t was stated IN At 10 Montana
serious tpprehe asions are entertained that great
loss OF lite will result trr n the terrible rigor of
the weather. UvIuy To tn heavy fall OF snow
the transportation OF upJllts Is exceedingly
difficult, ani coal is ,tIi TO o. seluus at Fort
.ntou or 500 to-. A Sl.nII ir state o. afftirs
may doubtitss ue f,uai IN m,uy other portions
of the JrthweSt, AMI the h ards ~, t. be en-
eountrrei IL Minnesota. tHott Iowa, md IL
Tact IN aim ST any one OF Inc usSrr Western
States and FtrgIturl-s. >ucu wou ! III ,k-
- wtll-hous-d, We lei E>slern Snoremtn OF
) ,uthern NJ r, lander, accustors1 to = genial
climate, shud!er To think ol ii Ii Is not To be
dlSplted Of coarse, tn 1t highly productive
Ian Is may secured ia the " est for alnosI
nonin Al sums, but VIII n cou'ider the dl.sd
santases Of climate, the sp4rsely ly.ssttled char4c
ter OF the country and tn numerous inconycn
FENCES OF lite on the plains. We IN ~ well ASK
our.elveS whether there are not many portions
of Mary land which offer attriclloEs tar sup--
rlor to the settler than the net results 10 be ob
tanned by migrating westward. Al the San
has again and again poluted out, there are lar -
tracts of land in the S,utA4rn M4rylAui coun
ties which can be purchased, comp ,ratively
'pe e,king, for a mere song They are n.tarsIIy
fertile and only need a little intelligent cult
sstisn to make them highly productive. The
thrifty and ambitious Pennsylvania or West.
ern Marylanier who ieels that he IS NOT making
sath lent hcaiwAr At home should east bis eyes
N this direction before M king up his mind to
Grave he peElls and Inconvenience of Wes,ern
I'e. tie viii probably 6nd on critical eIsmi-
nAtion, that he can secure snug little home
ani a, much land as he can I'LL with pso6l
quite as caeaply % Southern Maryland IS Ia
Minnesota II proximity 10 the ordia :ry conv.H-
lences OF civIAZttIJn. such A. schools, churches,
etc, is taken into consideration, with thg very
great advantage in favor OF Maryland OF oeinS
enabled TO settle in the midst O. ~eil-orier,d
community and % section ot country blessed
sitn an eqasbls climate and singulsEty eI-Dpt
from disastrous droughls and dosis Southern
MARY land -. 10 'act, good enough soaa ~
'oE any reasonable person. and If ITS a!v4nt.-
Ses we're more generally appreciated u would
'oon experience boom" Of no inNsathcaut
proportions = Bilio Ssa Of l5ih ra,f